Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin

Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin

In an impossible time, it takes impossible courage.

Directed by Todd Komarnicki

Produced by Crow's Nest Productions, Fontana

2024132 min6.8 / 10

A morally urgent historical drama about a theologian's agonizing choice to abandon pacifism and join an assassination plot against Hitler, grappling with faith, conscience, and the cost of resistance.

As the world teeters on the brink of annihilation, Dietrich Bonhoeffer joins a deadly plot to assassinate Hitler, risking his faith and fate to save millions of Jews from genocide.

Questions people ask

  • Is Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.

  • Is Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 67% of films.

  • Is Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.

  • Is Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin violent? Somewhat. More violent than 60% of films.

  • Does Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

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57/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity90

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Surprise29

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love60

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